§ MR. LEES KNOWLES (Safford, W.)I beg to ask the Under Secretary of State for War whether an adjutant of a metropolitan corps has been appointed Deputy Assistant Adjutant General for Volunteers at the War Office; if so, what are his special qualifications for the appointment; 954 and what has been his connection, if any, with provincial Volunteer corps, which form a large proportion of the Volunteer force.
§ *MR. WYNDHAMCaptain Engle-heart, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, has been selected for this appointment. Past service as an adjutant of an important Volunteer corps was regarded as a necessary qualification for the position. The officer selected has filled that position for four years in one of the largest and most efficient corps in the metropolis. The Secretary of State has full confidence in the selection he has been advised to make. I may add that Volunteer officers of all corps have free access to General Turner, the Inspector General of Auxiliary Forces at the War Office.